I am about to order a new 27" and can't decide which graphics card to go with. I have been keeping an eye on the other comparison threads but haven't seen anyone with my setup. Alli use mine for is HD encodes with Handbrake, iPhoto and iMovie. I will never use it for gaming. From what I can tell the programs that I use won't take advantage of the 680 and I'd rather put that money towards some extra ram from crucial. Opinions?

I am about to order a new 27" and can't decide which graphics card to go with. I have been keeping an eye on the other comparison threads but haven't seen anyone with my setup. Alli use mine for is HD encodes with Handbrake, iPhoto and iMovie. I will never use it for gaming. From what I can tell the programs that I use won't take advantage of the 680 and I'd rather put that money towards some extra ram from crucial. Opinions?

Good choice. Ram will help more with editing then the 680mx except if your doing something more intensive like After Effects, 4K footage and anything really that uses that card to it's potential.

Good choice. Ram will help more with editing then the 680mx except if your doing something more intensive like After Effects, 4K footage and anything really that uses that card to it's potential.

Yeah. I won't be doing any of that. Just editing and adding basic graphics to some home videos in iMovie. I was more concerned about if it would help Handbrake improve my encode times. I'm planning on ordering the i7 with the 1tb fushion drive and probably maxing out the ram. I just wanted to make sure that getting the 675 over the 680 wouldn't make a difference with how I'm going to use it.

Yeah. I won't be doing any of that. Just editing and adding basic graphics to some home videos in iMovie. I was more concerned about if it would help Handbrake improve my encode times. I'm planning on ordering the i7 with the 1tb fushion drive and probably maxing out the ram. I just wanted to make sure that getting the 675 over the 680 wouldn't make a difference with how I'm going to use it.

Hi
Videocard - No impact on handbrake encodes.
Handbrake scales with processor speed, and quad to hexcore show a significant improvement

From recent benchmarks there is not much seperating the cards in 3Dmark 6000 vs 6800.

Yeah there is not a massive difference but every FPS counts when gaming, especially if you want to lock a game in at 60FPS with vsync ( Even the 680mx can struggle with this at 1440p). If you are not gaming i would go the 675mx for sure.